Tammy Grimes

Let's Talk To Lucy

800 Pound Gorilla Records

Tv & Film, History, Comedy

4.8 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week, Lucy comes to you from backstage at Broadway's old Alvin Theater (now The Neil Simon Theater), to speak with Tony award winning actress Tammy Grimes. They discuss Tammy's runs in The Unsinkable Molly Brown and High Spirits and their respective journeys to the apex of stardom on stage and screen. Then Tammy turns the tables and begins to question Lucy, giving unheard insight into her feelings about her self, her audience and her art.

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0:00.0	This is Let's Talk to Lucy starring Lucille Ball.
0:05.0	A very warm welcome to you all.
0:07.0	I'm Gary Morton, and now let's talk to Lucy.
0:11.0	Hi, this is Lucy.
0:14.0	Again today, I'm talking to you from backstage at the Albin Theatre in New York City,
0:18.0	and I'm speaking with Miss Tammy Grimes. Tammy is starring in high spirits, and I think this is one of the greatest Theatre in New York City, and I'm speaking with Miss Tammy Grimes.
0:23.1	Tammy is starring in high spirits,
0:25.3	and I think this is one of the greatest shows in New York.
0:27.4	I just wanted to ask Miss Grimes,
0:30.9	who was a little hard to track down, a few questions.
0:34.0	I understand she doesn't like to talk about herself too much,
0:37.0	but maybe we'll get a few surprising answers Tammy what I want to know
0:40.3	between the unsinkable Molly which I thought was one of the greatest performances I ever saw
0:47.3	the most outstandingly different performances that I ever saw first of all why did you
0:53.3	why did you quit doing Molly?
0:55.0	You quit much before they wanted you to.
0:58.0	No, actually I didn't lose, because I went on the road for about seven months.
1:02.0	I played about 1,800 performances.
1:05.0	Oh, you mean you fulfilled your contract?
1:07.0	Yeah, I went on the road.
1:08.0	What I meant is you quit before the audiences wanted you to.
1:12.1	Well, maybe.
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